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re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad

Posted by: MikeR 08:41 pm EDT 10/29/13
In reply to: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad - PatrickHSF 08:27 pm EDT 10/29/13

I was at Carrie the same night. There was a band (5 or 6 players) credited in the Playbill. I don't have it anymore so I don't have their names, but it's definitely live music.


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re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad

Posted by: MikeR 08:41 pm EDT 10/29/13
In reply to: re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad - MikeR 08:41 pm EDT 10/29/13

And never mind... I wasn't there the same night - I was there on Saturday. But the rest of my post is true. :-)


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re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad

Posted by: PatrickHSF 10:39 pm EDT 10/29/13
In reply to: re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad - MikeR 08:41 pm EDT 10/29/13

Yep, youre right, Mike. Home now and looking at the Playbill. I missed the orchestra credit on first read.

Did you like production?


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re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad

Posted by: MikeR 11:56 am EDT 10/30/13
In reply to: re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad - PatrickHSF 10:39 pm EDT 10/29/13

I thought they did a pretty damn good job. It's not a great show - most of the high school stuff fell flat. Heather Orth (full disclosure: she's a friend) is phenomenal as Margaret. Freaking amazing. Riley Krull (also a friend) was wonderfully bitchy as Chris. I thought the girl playing Carrie (sorry, don't have any of the rest of the names) was quite good, especially considering that she's a high school junior. Loved Sue, as well - but I wish she had better material.

My main issue with the show was sound problems, though. I could hardly hear some of the characters. And Ray of Light might need to do a Kickstarter to get new (smaller) microphones - a lot of the folks on stage looked like they had giant growths on their faces.

And while I don't have a problem with projections (I've seen some shows that use them really, really well), I hate it when the projections are also on the actor's bodies and faces. Distracting.

But I'm very glad I saw it, and I think they did a pretty darn good job. Great cast, even if most of them were better than the material they were given.


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re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad

Posted by: Richard Connema 03:41 pm EDT 10/30/13
In reply to: re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad - MikeR 11:56 am EDT 10/30/13

"Carrie" was played by Cristina Ann Oeschger. This was her first professional theatre role and I thought she shined in this performance. I also thought Nikita Burshteyn who played Tommy was excellent.

Your right about the sound system. The Victoria Theatre is not famous for its sound system. In fact it has the worst sound system of any theatre here in San Francisco. We had seats in the second row and of course the sound was fine. However I did hear from other persons who were sitting in the back of the theatre there were sound problems.

I did not mind the projections even when they shown on the actors bodies.


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re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad

Posted by: MikeR 04:07 pm EDT 10/30/13
In reply to: re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad - Richard Connema 03:41 pm EDT 10/30/13

I was in the fourth row, and had to struggle to hear some of the actors.


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re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad

Posted by: PatrickHSF 04:21 pm EDT 10/30/13
In reply to: re: A Weekend With Carrie and Chad - MikeR 04:07 pm EDT 10/30/13

Now that you mention it, the mics were "popping" (no not chewing, poppin'...wait, wrong show LOL) a bit during Friday's performance. I don't know if that is a mic or sound system problem, or both? I was in the third row, on the aisle, audience left, and could hear and comprehend the actors just fine, but I've listened to the recording so much, that helps me comprehend words/lyrics.

Heather was amazing and so was Riley. One of my favorite songs is "When There's No One," and I loved Heather's heartbreaking rendition. Please tell them I totally enjoyed their performances next time you see them.


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